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About The Role
The Insolvency Partner role in Birmingham offers a strategic position within a national law firm, carrying a salary between £110,000 and £200,000. This full-time, hybrid-remote appointment seeks an established specialist with a robust market reputation and an existing client following. You will drive practice growth, acting for insolvency practitioners, lenders, directors, and creditors.
Responsibilities
- Handling complex matters
- Developing new business
- Contributing to the firm's commercial direction
This Birmingham-based post suits a commercially minded professional ready to shape a growing team while managing a varied caseload. The package reflects the seniority and influence of this hire.
Insolvency Partner | Birmingham | National Law Firm | Excellent Financial Package
The Role
You will play a key role in developing the firm's insolvency practice, acting for a broad range of clients including insolvency practitioners, lenders, directors, shareholders, companies, creditors, and other stakeholders.
The role will involve a broad range of contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, including:
- Corporate and personal insolvency
- Corporate restructuring and turnaround
- Insolvency litigation and contentious matters
- Director disqualification and breach of duty claims
- Preference, transaction at undervalue, and antecedent transaction claims
- Administrations, liquidations, and receiverships
- Creditor and shareholder disputes
- Advising insolvency practitioners and financial institutions
- Asset recovery and enforcement
- Cross-border and complex insolvency matters where appropriate
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The Candidate
The successful candidate will be an established Insolvency Partner or senior insolvency lawyer with a strong track record and a demonstrable reputation within the market.
Importantly, You Will Have
- A strong existing client following and portable work
- A proven ability to generate new business and develop client relationships
- An established network of contacts across the insolvency, restructuring, banking, and professional services markets
- Strong technical expertise across contentious and/or non-contentious insolvency
- Excellent commercial and business development skills
- The ambition to play a significant role in growing a Birmingham practice
- A collaborative approach and the ability to work strategically within a national law firm
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is not simply a role for someone looking for a new title. The firm is looking for an entrepreneurial insolvency specialist who can make a real difference to the growth of the practice.
You will have the platform, resources, and national network of an established law firm behind you, together with the opportunity to develop your own practice and take a leading role in the continued growth of the Birmingham office.
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The firm is open to speaking with Partners who are looking for a genuine lateral opportunity, as well as senior lawyers who have the following and business case to make the move into partnership.
A highly competitive remuneration package is available for the right individual, reflecting the level of practice and following being brought to the firm.
For a confidential discussion about this opportunity and the wider Birmingham market, please get in touch with Penny Trotman on 0121 454 1004 or email penny.trotman@enllegal.co.uk with your CV.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within seven days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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